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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… portions shown in solid black.) 1. ABBERTON. (D.d.) (O.S. 6 in. xxxvi. N.E.) Abberton is a small parish 4 m. S. of Colchester. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. … window of two plain pointed lights in a two-centred head; further W. is the late 14th-century N. doorway, now …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN CENTRAL AND S.W. ESSEX. ACCREDITED TO A DATE ANTERIOR TO 1714, arranged … shown in solid black.) 1. ABBESS RODING. (D.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xlii. N.W. (b)xlii. N.E. (c)xlii. S.W.) Abbess … cinque-foiled lights with uncusped spandrels in a square head, all probably of late 14th-century date, re-set when the …
A History of the County of Essex
… at 10 marks in about 1254, 1291, and 1428 and a £14 10 s. in 1535. 56 Tithes were commuted n: 843 for £455; there … but retain their external label moulds and grotesque head-stops. The doorways are also 14th-century in style but … The plated paten was probably bought after an archdeacon's visitation of about 1816 when the church was ordered to …
A History of the County of Essex
… Beauchamp Roding to the south ran from the river near Pig's Bridge west and south-west to the Little Laver boundary … departure about 1700 Rookwood ceased to be a gentleman's residence and it gradually deteriorated until today it is … Over a fireplace in one of the houses is a carved door-head brought here from old Rookwood Hall. These houses are …
A History of the County of Essex
… 'and he who held this land was only the man of Geoffrey's predecessor, and had no power to put this land in … abbey in 1539. 37 In 1291 the manor was valued at £8 17 s. 38 In April 1540 Abbess Roding was granted by Henry VIII … and beside it a stopmoulded door-frame with a four-centred head and carved spandrels. 39 This door led to the demolished …
A History of the County of Essex
… Hall (see above). This is probably correct. Pomfret's friends at the hall were probably the Capels, who were … gave two freehold cottages to be used as the minister's house. 69 This intention, however, never seems to have been … church the minister continued to live in the 'gentleman's end' of Cockerells Farm until 1786 when a house at Fyfield …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… to the grange of the monastery, in revenge for the friar's treachery, and was proceeding to burn the abbey itself, … the north-east by Llanano, and on the west by St. Harmon's. It is intersected by the road from Kington to Aberystwith. … who was the daughter of that monarch, to Conway, the head-quarters of the English forces, to intercede with her …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… portions shown in solid black.) 1 ABBEY DORE (B.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXXVIII, S.E., (b)XXXVIII, S.W., (c)XLIV, N.E., (d)XLIV, N.W., … five bays of the E. wall is a lancet-window with jambs and head of two chamfered orders and internally with a roll …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of Lesmahago, Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 6 miles (S. W.) from Lanark; containing, with Turfholm, 881 inhabitants. This village, formerly called Macute's-Green, derives its present name from its vicinity to the … was made to resist an attack. The Earl of Montrose, at the head of an army of Covenanters, made his appearance in the …
A Dictionary of London
… Abbot of St. Alban's Inn - Adam's Court Abbot of St. Alban's Inn This was the … east, and the garden pertaining to the "Sarsons Head" west (36 H. VIII. 1545. L. and P. H. VIII. XX. (1) p. … and Churchyard in Farringdon Ward Without, and east of the Saracen's Head, so that the site is easy of identification, …